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No sew vintage stockings~

Because many of you can sew and...well...I cannot,I am going to show all of you no sew'rs how to get this done! Just for the record.. the stockings that I sold at the show were sewn by my sweet sister.

Get yourself a hand drawn pattern. I used birthday paper!

Double your fabric and cut along your pattern.

Face the correct side facing one another and use a small line of fabric glue to your edges like so...

Stop about four inches before the top . This will be your cuff. (I forgot to mention while drawing your pattern ,draw your stocking extra long to include your cuff)

After your glue is dry ,cut your edges so they will lay smooth.

When you turn your stocking right side out it your seem should look like this.

Now take your cuff and clip that little hem on each side.

Like this!

Then glue the edges together. Remember to glue it on the right side. When you turn your cuff down you do not want to see any rough edges.

It should then look like this!

I like to fray my cuff a bit. You will then need to glue or sew your hanger and rosettes at this time.

Now for all of you talented ladies that can sew please ...no hatin' on our glued stockings. I have not tested the weight limit that fabric glue will hold but they sure do look good...smile~ My kids have their own special stocking given to them at birth so we have no weight limit worries here. Enjoy~

Susie, these are adorable :) Oh, this Christmas is SOOOO hard! I want to decorate and make iced sugar cookies and crafty little things like this, *but* I also want to paint my little heart out and get more of these rooms DONE. I'm going to have to do a little of all, and not a lot of any, I'm afraid.

By the way, do you know how your name makes me want to rhyme and make up little jingles and nicknames? Do you have one that everyone turns "Susie" into???

I LOVE these and may have to give it a go tonite. I'm going to try to stick with an all neutral Christmas decor theme in my house this year so away with the red and green. Thanks for the inspiration Susie!

Oh my, these are just gorgeous! I definitely want to try to do this. I am a little confused about how you did the cuff, I may be more craft challanged than I know, ha ha. I wasn't quite sure how you clipped the cuff but I am sure I'll get it all figured out when I try it. My kids loved it and us girls are going to give it a go. Thank you so much for the tutorial!

How sweet your stockings! And who cares how much they'll hold? Looks! Looks! I cannot believe, with all you can do, that sewing isn't one of them. You can do anything. I bet if you sat down at a sewing machine we'd see a new sofa or something equally spectacular and near to impossible in a day or so!Brenda

Hi Susie, these are the most beautiful stockings I have seen through the web, so simple yet elegant!!! Love your tutorial because I´m not a sewer, my hand just go into soil when I´m gardening. Thank you so much for teaching us to do this, and with the rosettes you taught in your older post, I´m ready to do this work.Muchos cariñosMaría Cecilia

I don't sew either, but I thought that since I was going to be using mine, I may need to give it a whirl. Even I can do a straight line. ha! I used your tutorial and just sewed the line instead of using glue. Thank you so much for getting my brain juices flowing. I wouldn't have tried it otherwise. I linked to your post from mine (thekeylorfamily.blogspot.com)

These are very lovely. I'm planning to make a couple burlap stockings for my family so I thought to browse images on the web to see different variations. Yours looks so pretty that I clicked on the image and found your blog. I enjoyed the tutorial.

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Deep in the swamps of Louisiana is where you can find Susie Harris. She is a passionate designer/artist/blogger, where her love of faith and family shine through. In Susie's spare time out of her studio she enjoys decorating and DIY projects around her home. She's been featured in publications such as Better Homes & Gardens, Flea Market Style and on CountryLiving.com